Quote of the Day by Confucius: 'The man who asks a question is a fool for...'—Inspiring quotes by the ancient Chinese philosopher renowned for aphorismsQuote of the day: Confucius's timeless wisdom highlights the power of asking questions. A questioner is a fool for a moment, but one who re...
Weaker monsoon prediction, Iran war cloud growth outlookIndia's rural economy is faced with potential challenges. A weaker monsoon and rising farm costs from the Iran war could impact growth this...
How Food Was Stored Before Modern Kitchens Changed EverythingLong before modern refrigerators, ancient humans mastered food preservation. They used sun, salt, cold, and microbes to store food for surv...
India has no plans to import wheat for now: Piyush GoyalIndia does not intend to import wheat as it expects a record wheat harvest of around 114 million metric tons, according to Trade Minister P...
Wheat prices stay firm as stockists hold on to grainThe wholesale price of wheat has for the past one month been firm at around Rs 28.50 a kilogram, 40% above the minimum support price, as st...
Russian missiles strike Ukraine's Odesa regionRussia's defence ministry also said its forces had destroyed two M777 Howitzers in combat positions in the Kherson region, and a fuel depot...
Agricultural reforms reek of parochial thinking, promote lazy farming: SBI economistsWelcoming the legislation that claim to enhance production and farmers' income, the economists at SBI Research on Monday said, "These measu...
Surplus food stock with government granariesFCI and government agencies have 50 million tonne rice and 27.5 million tonne wheat, as on March 1.
Madhya Pradesh builds six ultra modern silos to store 4-lakh MT grainMP is building steel silos to minimise the storage loss of food grains and till now six ultra modern granaries have been built.
Granaries full, but cereal prices up 20%The Centre is blaming state governments for a near 20% rise in cereal prices despite overflowing granaries that have record stocks.
- When granaries are full, why not feed our own people: Sharad Pawar
At a time when food bill is being seen as UPA's trump card for the next Lok Sabha poll, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar today said feeding poor peop...
- Centre committed to make Eastern states granary of the nation: Sharad Pawar
Centre is committed to make eastern region the granary of the nation by growing foodgrains in their natural ecology and to their full poten...
- Granaries full, foodgrain exports may be opened up soon to benefit from higher international prices
The Centre is likely to open up foodgrain exports soon to clear the godown for the new crop and also allow trade to benefit from higher int...
- CAG physical checks on granaries to make room for record output
India's chief auditor has decided to conduct a physical verification of state-run granaries as the country braces for a record grain output.
Dark spots in nation's granaryThe mood is sombre in most of Punjab with paddy growing districts like Fatehgarh Sahib, Amritsar, Ferozepur, Patiala and Bathinda going rai...
- Huge cache of arms seized in Assam
In a major haul of arms belonging to the ULFA, police on Saturday seized 27 AK-56 rifles and a huge quantity of ammunition in upper Assam's...
- Welfare granary nearly full
With just a few days to go to the end of the month when the procurement season for wheat ends officially, the Centre has already procured 9...